Roaster



April 17, 1926. 1,666,394

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'Ihis invention aims to gprovide a .device adapted "to be placedon "astove, for roasting meat, the meat being turnedfautomatically during the roa'stingoperation, and -.the invention aims .to improve the form of the spit which carries the .:1neat,-to ;p1':ovide novel means for mounting the. spit, and to improve the. construction of the casing wherein the spitturns. Y

ltis mean the -province of the disclosure to improve generally andv to .enhance .the utilityof devices of that type .to which the invention appertains, 5p

i t hthe above and other objects in'v-ieav which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combinationa'ndarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in side-elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section wherein parts remain in elevation;

Figure 3, is a plan, sundry parts being omitted, and portions being in section;

Figure 4 is a top plan showing a modified form of the invention, the lid being removed;

Figure 5 is a transverse section of the structure shown in Figure 4.

Referring especially to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the device is shown as comprising a boxlike casin 1, including a body 2 and a lid 3, the hotly 2 being open at its lower end, as shown at 4. The body 2 may be supplied with any desired number of inspection panes 5, so that the operator can ascertain at a glance, how the roasting operation is progressing. The body 2 is supplied with handles 6, and there is a handle 7 on the lid 3. A U-shaped bracket 8 is mounted on one end of the body 2. On the opposite end of the body 2 there is a socket 9 in which fits an internal bearing 10 having a stem 11, extended outwardly through the socket 9, a nut 12 being threaded on the stem 11, to hold the bearing 10 in the socket 9. A journal pin 14 is rotatable in the bearing 10 and is provided with an abutm7. Aerial-No. 190,113.

shaft 18 is journaled for rotation, the shaft haying 'an abutment flange 19, and there being a wing nut .20 threaded on fthewshaft 18. The outer end of the shaft 18 is foperatively connected with aspring motor which is mounted on the bracket 8. No detailed description of the spring :motor 21 is given, because it may be Zof any'desired rform.

The device includes an expansible spit made up of U-shaped members 22 comprising side bars :23 havingoverlapped-ends 24, the side bars 23 being twisted as at 25, so that the intermediate portions 26 of the side bars have their greatest transverse dimensions located in the same plane with the axis of rotation of the spit. This construction strengthens the spit and enables it to carry the meat without bending it. The intermediate portions 26 of the side bars 23 of the spit are inset, as shown at 27, and are provided on their inner edges with inwardly projecting prongs 28. There are elongated slots 29 in the overlapped ends 24 of the members 22 of the spit. Connecting elements 30, such as rivets, are slidably mounted in the slots 29 and serve to hold the end portions 24 of the spit in the-same plane. The journal pin 14 passes through the slots 29 at one end of the spit, and the overlapped ends 24 are bound between the wing nut 16 and the abutment flange 15. At the other end-of the spit, the shaft 18 passes through the slots 29, and the corresponding overlapped ends are bound between the wing nut 20 and the abutment flange 19. The con vstruction is such that the spit may be increased or decreased in width, at will, by loosening the nuts 16 and 20, and when the wing nuts are tightened up, they willv hold the spit at any width to which it may have been adjusted. The wing nut 20 connects the spit to the shaft 18, and when the shaft is rotated by means of the motor 21, the spit will be rotated also, all portions of the periphery of the meat being presented to the re. The meat, of course, is carried on the prongs 28, and the U-shaped members 22 of the spit can be adjusted toward and away from each other to embed the prongs 28 in the meat. Ordinarily, the body 2 isplaced directly over the open holes of a stove, and

the heat can ascend directly into the body 2:

although, if desired, the holes in the stove.

can be covered to any desired extent, so as to regulate the the casing 1. operation may the operator can peer through the inspection panes 5, and the lid 3 can be removed at any time to give access to the meat.

In Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, part-s hereinbefore described have beendesignated by numerals previously used, with the suflix a. In this form of the invention, the body 2 of the casing 1 has a base plate 31,

The process of the roasting above which is disposed an inclined bottom 32-forming partota' pan the ends of which are shown at '33. The pan above defined is adapted to receive the juices from the meat, and the juices can be drawn off at any time, and the pan washed out, through an opening that is controlled by a removable clo: sure 38, the opening being located at the lowermost portion of the inclinedbottom' 32 of the pan.

In the form shown in Figures & and 5, I

amount of heat thatrises into be noted at any time, since,

the body 2 has an opening 34: in its side, the opening communicating with a hood 35 which forms part of the body, the hood being openat its bottom-, as shown at 37, and being provided with an inclined wall 36. In this form of the invention, the casing I is placed a little to one side of the holes in the cook stove. The heat from the cook stove enters the open bottom 37 of the hood 35, and by the inclined wall 36 is directed through the opening 3% into the body 2 WVhat is 'claim'ed-is: 1

In a device of the class described, a casing, a shaft supported for rotation in the casing, a spit comprising side members, and overlapped end members having slots, the shaft passing through the slots, a connecting element slidable in the slots on one side of the shaft, and a clamping device'binding the overlapped end members on the shaft.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

BEN E; MIGLIN. 

